"The whole drive was a little complicated," Griffin said. "In practice every week, we always practice me calling the plays in two-minute, acting as if the headset goes out. The funny thing was the headset did go out on that drive. That's why I was having to run back and forth to the sideline.

"I had to call a couple of my own plays, and we moved the chains and got in field-goal range. It was very neat how that practice situation, that practice scenario, actually played out in the game."

They switched to digital comms this year to prevent "interference". When dealing with digital comms at that close range, I would think it would have to be either a malfunction or more likely tampering. Maybe a digital communication expert could weigh in.

jmooney wrote:They switched to digital comms this year to prevent "interference". When dealing with digital comms at that close range, I would think it would have to be either a malfunction or more likely tampering. Maybe a digital communication expert could weigh in.

If it were a malfunction, wouldn't there be a log?

I'm pretty sure that's not how digital radio works. It just sends 1' and 0's instead of electrical signals over the air. Basically the same difference as a CD and an LP.

ATX_Skins wrote:Has anyone ever wondered why comms go down on the final drive? I'm not a big conspiracy theorist but it just seems rather odd to me.

In the military comms go down all the time. It happens. But you are dealing with equipment that is either old or beat up half the time. Comms can go down due to your location as well.

Down there in Tampa it was nice weather, comms had worked all game, and RG3 was about 20 yds away from the coach. this is expensive equipment, not radio shack stuff.

So, why would this happen on the final drive with the game on the line in the visitors stadium?

I think they (Bucs) cut comms out. Thats my take. Maybe I'm looking into it a bit too much but it just wouldn't surprise me at all.

You are thinking like Santana Moss

Not sure what that means, but I'm assuming Santana complains about far out stuff sometimes?

The only reason I bring it up is because it happened at such an interesting time. Why the last drive? Why were there no issues prior? Why are the Redskins not looking into it? Or are they?

If I were a reporter I would be asking more questions. Were there any communication issues between the booth and the sidelines? Did the refs experience any problems? Were the Bucs able to communicate? Did anyone look into the issue after?

On the positive side of all this, as noted prior, RG3 did a great job handling the issue and led us down the field.

If you guys could take anything from this, maybe just pay more attention to other teams having issues with comms late in games, with the game on the line, especially away teams.

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